Gadolinium-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Meningeal Carcinomatosis in Colon Cancer

KATO, H., EMURA, S., TAKASHIMA, T., OHMORI, K, and SUNAGA, T. Gadolinium-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Meningeal Carcinomatosis in Colon Cancer. Tohoku J. Exp. Med., 1995, 176 (2), 121-126 - Meningeal carcinomatosis has been infrequently reported in colorectal carcinoma. Recently the value of gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the examination of this disease has been described. We report a 55-year-old man with meningeal carcinomatosis from a known colon cancer. In this case, a gadoliniumenhanced MRI of the brain showed enhancing dura and nodular lesions which were not detected by enhanced computed tomography. The gadolinium-enhanced MRI may serve as an indicator of leptomeningeal involvement and may be a useful test in addition to the evaluation of cerebrospinal fluid cytology and chemistry.